Found in open woodland, grassland and gardens in spring summer and autumn.
Queen 16 - 19 mm long, worker 11 - 14 mm long, male 13 - 17 mm long.
Found in most habitats in warmer months.
Seen on flowers hunting spiders on sunny days.
Seen on flowers in early and mid summer.
This is a male, females have much narrower yellow stripes.
Body length 12 - 16 mm.
Body length 10 - 8 mm
Adult flies May - September More>
I know the above photograph doesn't show a wasp, but a wasp did pupate and hatch out of this Elephant hawkmoth cocoon. For more>
Seen on flowers April to October.
Larvae parasitise butterflies and moths.
Seen on sunny days only